Inside Information From Mac - E-Cars Concern Detroit Show
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DETROIT - January 18, 2013: Fire hazards persist as a public concern
on hybrid and all-electric cars, according to a majority of visitors in the
second week of the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS).

Pollsters at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit are being
surprised by the large number of attendees bringing up the fire issue at
the vehicle displays.

Nearly all of the displays include an electric vehicle, a NAIAS
first, stirring a public focus likened to the miles-per-gallon question.

A Volkswagen/Audi display veteran, Wendy Reiss, said that the
issue of fires and related electric shocks now is as common on the floor as
MPG, a metric required on new-vehicle window data stickers by federal law.

“It's harder to handle the fire question,” says auto
show veteran Emma Green, “because it is a downer, but we assure them
that the safety regulations are on all vehicles and no one can be hurt like
the lithium-ion battery in their cell phones.”

“As to MPG, there is also a lot of uncertainty, but we point
to the 'Monroney' stickers and add that how cars are driven has a lot to do
with everyone's MPG average.”

U.S. Senator Mike Monroney sponsored the new-veicle price sticker
in the 1970s. Prices shown are suggested prices that guide the selling
process and only last year were amended to show MPG averages.

This year’s show is expected to draw record turnouts over
the first weekend in the enlarged Cobo Hall. The Detroit Auto Show has been
staged annually in January since 1907.

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